ECTOPIC GALLBLADDER REVISITED, LAPAROSCOPICALLY - A CASE-REPORT

A case of the rare congenital anomaly ectopic gallbladder is presented . A 16-year-old girl suffered attacks of epigastric pain unrelated to eating. On abdominal ultrasonography, the gallbladder could not be fou nd in its usual position. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography demons trated the gallbladder on the left side of the common duct and the cys tic duct arising from the right hepatic duct. Laparoscopic cholecystec tomy was done without complication. This appears to be the first repor ted case of laparoscopic removal of an ectopic gallbladder. The import ance of preoperative cholangiography is emphasized for accurate diagno sis and preoperative location of the gallbladder.